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What Should Expats Know About Thai Immigration Office Closures During the New Year?

Visa Regulations Immigration Updates New Year Closure

Dec 27, 2019

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Heads up you people :O 

Today is the LAST DAY the immigration offices in the country are open this year :P 

They don't re-open until Thursday January 2nd.

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The immigration offices in Thailand will be closed until January 2nd for the New Year. However, if your visa stamp expires during the closure, you will not incur a fine if you go on the first day the office reopens.

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ATTENTION: Borders do NOT close for weekends or holidays and they will be open like normal.. :P

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Okay, BEFORE people start panicking, IF your current stamp expires on a day the immigration office is closed (weekends OR holidays) AND you go the very FIRST day they reopen (which in this case will be the 2nd of January) you will NOT be fined for overstay and you can get your extension like normal.

Good Luck to all, have a safe and happy new year

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And just to show an example stamp

Here's one from Phuket in 2017 that was over the new year break.

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